Vehicle-axle.



No. 705,000. Patented July 29; I902.

.J. A. McLAUGHLIN;

VEHICLE AXLE.

[Application filed May 26, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STAT S ATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. MCLAUGHLIN, OF STATESB ORO, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO- THIRDS TO LEONARD CARTER AND WALTER P. DOROUGH, OF VAL- DOSTA, GEORGIA.

VEHICLE-AXLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,600, dated July 29, 1902.

' Application filed May 2 ,1902.

To aZZ whom it mat concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES A. MOLAUGHLIN, a citizen of the United; States, residing at Statesboro, in the county of Bulloch and State of Georgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Axles and I do declare the following to'bea full, clear, and. exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to' vehicle axles in which a sleeve is fitted upon the spindle and has bearing-surfaces for the bushings which are seated in the hub.

It consists, first, in means for securing the sleeve tightly upon the spindle; second, in an oil-retainer and dust-guard, and, third, in a provision for distributing the lubricant upon the bearing-surfaces.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention, in which- Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section; Fig. 2, a side of the sleeve; Fig. 3, a plan of the inner end of the sleeve, and Fig. 4 a detail of a bushing.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in the several views.

A indicates a Vehicle-axle, and A the spindle of the axle, which is preferably made tapering toward the point a which is threaded to engage a nut F.

a is afixed collar at the base of the spindle, and a is an extension of the collar a and of a smaller diameter, on whose periphery is a seat for a washer B, which serves as an oilretainer and dust-guard. One or more cogs or pins a on the extension a projects toward the spindle-point.

C is a sleeve adapted: to fit snugly upon the spindle and has a fixed collar 0 at its'base end and a shoulder 0 formed by an abrupt reduction in circumference of its outer portion. One or more holesc in the face of the collar 0 engages the pin a and prevents rotation of the sleeve. The collar 0 sets up closely against the washer B and the extension at. Longitudinal oblique slits c c are cut slantingly through the sleeve at each end, which allows slight spreading of the sleeve Scrialll'o.109,088. (No model.)

and a tight hold when driven on the spindle. The slits also communicate with and act as soil-ducts from the oil-chamber c in the sleeve.

Both the slant and the obliquity of the slits c c are in the direction ofthe revolution of Z2. At the outer end of the sleeve is another bushing E, having a collar e, seated over the slit 0 and against the shoulder 0 The bushings D and E are split longitudinally, as at d, for diametrical adj nstment. These bushings are fixed in the hub of the wheel and revolve with it upon the sleeve.

The nut F has a collar f far enough from its inner end to admit a washer 11 between its said collar f and the collar e of the bushing E.

When the wheel is put on, the nut F is set tightly up against the sleeve, which brings the washer 1) against the bushing E and binds all the fixed parts tightly together, but leaves the bushings free to revolve freely upon the sleeve.

What I claim is 1. In a vehicle-axle a collar at the base of the spindle, a pin thereon, a sleeve adapted the spindle, an extension on said collar of reduced diameter, a sleeve resting against said extension, a washer on said extension, a pin on the collar; at the base of the spindle, a hole in the sleeve to engage said pin, an oil-chamber in said sleeve and slits in the ends of the sleeve to enter said chamber substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JAMES A. MGLAUGHLIN. Witnesses:

E. B. SUMMERLIN, S. L. MOORE. 

